This record tracks a ransomware attack claimed by the
thegentlemen group against
Potomac Animal Hospital. It collects the publicly disclosed attack details — sector, location and
timeline — as published on the operator's leak site and indexed by Breach House.
Window Zero
EXPOSURE GAP
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on the operator's leak site (t1) and when it was publicly disclosed (t2).
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3days open
t1 · Published
t2 · Pending
Indexed by Breach House
October 09, 2026
Disclosed / Notified
Not disclosed yet
Attack Summary
potomacanimalhospital.com zoominfo.com/c/potomac-animal-hospital/183255483 Potomac Animal Hospital is a family-owned, full-service small animal medical and surgical facility at 10020 River Road in Potomac, Maryland, an affluent Washington, DC suburb, founded in 1973 and led since 1983 by Air Force veteran Dr. Michael Scott (CSU DVM 1969; former officer in charge of the Europe Military Working Dog Referral Center in Ramstein). His son Dr. Jason Scott joined in 1999 — hooded at graduation by his father exactly 30 years to the day after his own — and now leads a team including Dr. Sarah Orloff (2021) and Dr. Kimber Wagner (2025); Dr. Michael retired in 2018 but remains owner. Beyond medicine (wellness exams, international health certificates, laser surgery, dentistry with digital oral radiography, in-house lab), the hospital runs a separate boarding kennel ($42.50–$72.50/night, dogs exercised every 2–3 hours, VIP suites) and a grooming salon — all powered through outages by an industria
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Dark Web Exposure
Findings for potomacanimalhospital.com
— indexed by HaveIBeenRansom.
0
found in Infostealer logs
23
found in Traditional breaches
19
found in Ransomware leaks
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